July 23, 2012

Hello all, 

This week was great! We had our Zone conference with Elder Teh.  It was great. We learned a lot from him and his wife on how to become better missionaries.

 

And after the conference Brother Pete cooked some amazing mashed potatoes and chicken. It was wonderful. After we ate we sang a thank you song to him and it made that old sea dog start to tear up. The guy loves the missionaries. He is so great.

 

Also this week, all of the elders in my district went to one ward and we taught the ward about effective teaching and then we went out and visited less active families. This one guy that my companion and I visited was a really cool experience.  We showed up at the door and he came out and was mad at us, telling us that he didn't have time for us and that he didn't have time for church. 

 

We just told him that we would like to share a verse from the Book of Mormon with him and he calmed down a bit and let us in, we shared 1Nephi 1:1 with him, and said that because of Nephis "goodly parents" he was taught to live righteously and did so. Then he opened up to us and told us about how he has these 2 grand kids whose mom had passed away and dad had left them.  He takes care of them and is doing everything he can for them, he told us the only thing he wants is for them to be brought up in a good home, and he said that his home would be better if they went to church more. It was great, the power of the Book of Mormon is amazing. 

 

As we left he asked us if he could order the Liahona again, so that he could share the stories in there with his grand kids.

 

And that's the beauty of missionary work. Inviting others to come to Christ.

 

I love all of you and I hope you all have another great week

 

Love,

Elder Proctor